CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTER APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD

    公开(公告)号:EP4431297A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-18

    申请号:EP24161901.4

    申请日:2024-03-06

    IPC分类号: B41J2/32 B41J2/355 G06K15/02

    CPC分类号: B41J2/355 B41J2/32 G06K15/028

    摘要: A control device (20) includes: a print data acquisition unit (210) unit configured to acquire print data, which is formed of a plurality of lines and indicates a coloration state of each pixel included in the plurality of lines; a head drive unit (250) configured to supply, to a thermal head (120) formed of a plurality of heating elements (H) each corresponding to the pixel, an electric current for heating the thermal head (120) for each pixel; a motor drive unit (230) configured to supply, to a motor (110) configured to move heat-sensitive paper (310) relative to the thermal head (120), a drive current for step driving the motor (110) for each line; a speed control unit (220) configured to control, based on the number of colored pixels of a determination subject line (LB) among yet-to-be-printed lines (LN) of the print data, a relative moving speed of the heat-sensitive paper (310) moved by the motor (110); and a preheating control unit (240) configured to cause the head drive unit (250) to output, when the determination subject line (LB) is a specific line (LD) being a line in which the number of colored pixels of the determination subject line (LB) exceeds a predetermined value, a preheating current being an electric current for heating the thermal head (120) to such a degree as to prevent coloring of the heat-sensitive paper (310) by a time the specific line (LD) is printed.